busy week

I've posted the pictures yesterday in a rush, so hence no comments. I'll put some comments now.
Last weekend I got us a used upright piano, and yesterday evening we got it moved to our house :D it looks beautiful, and it will sound great after a tuning.. :D it was a good buy and hopefully I will have a chance to play it often and get into playing piano again. We are quite grateful for Andy and Matt, they helped us getting the piano to our house, it wasn't easy for sure, but of course it saved up ca $200...
here's a picture :D it's nice, isn't it? :D:D:D



of course with swimming during lunchtime and moving a heavy piano in the evening, I'm quite tired now, specially my legs and arms ..
anyway .. we are sure not bored at home, the car broke down, again .. so I had to get it towed and fix it, probably it's the starter, it'll be ready this evening, but it occupied my whole morning. Thank God my mom is here, so I don't have to worry about the children, and I can just come and go whenever.
Bori is so sweet as always. She's getting bigger and bigger, more like a healthy newborn. She looks and stares quite often, and sometimes smiles, like the smile she had on the first day ... and pretty much we are in a 4 hours routine, she eats at 8am, noon, 4pm, 8pm, midnight, and at 4am. we give her a bath just before the midnight feeding, since it was good with Reka too, she got a sence of closure of the day. Hopefully she'll sleep trough the night pretty soon.. she still has 2 weeks left, Reka was a month old .. and Bori was suppose to born 2 weeks from the next Friday :D so I give her some time of course :D
here are some pics of her I took on the weekend while shooting the house.

this is a great photo, but stupid blogspot keeps turing it.. i can't make it load the way the picture is .. anyhow..

It so cute when she puts her legs up .. froggy-like position.. :D


My dad is arriving on Saturday evening, we are anciously waiting for him, it'll be great to have him here, and so he'll be able to spend some time with the granddaughters.
oke, that's it for now, I'm getting better at posting news, right?
thanks for the comments..

House

Front of the house, garage to the right, main entrance in the middle, and two windows of the living room to the left.


entrance view from the main door #1. #2. #3.


mail on the edge of our front yard.


main entrance. living room #1. Reka's corner (for now..)


living room #2. two windows facing the street. stupid place that goes ca. 1 feet out, and only one shelf.. don't know what to do with it.. hopefully I'll have some good ideas soon..



living room #3. the piano is on the left .. so some change since I took the photo..


living room #4. great couch.. #5. couch and open bar facing the main entrance.


living room #6. main entrance on the right and open bar on the left.


open bar .. facing the main entrance.


dining room and kitchen. dining room. kitchen view from the dining room.


kitchen.


utility room w washer/dryer. and with some space for the kitchen stuff garage


hallway to the rooms: girls room first on the right, guest room second on the right. small bath first on the left, and our room second on the left.


small bath.


guest room #1. #2 #3



girls room #1. Bori's crib on the left, changing table, and Reka's bed.


girls room #2. Reka's toys .. nocomment. #3. closet behind the mirrored door


Bori sleeping in her bed.


our room #1. #2


our room #3. garden to the right. the plants needed to be placed in nicer containers .. I've already finished them, so they are in the living room now .. I have to get some plant stands so it'll look nice..


our room #4. garden view.. #5. bath on the middle.


garden from the door of our room .. to the right. #2.


garden view #3. to the middle #4. to the left.

girls :D

Hey you girls :D thanks for the comments .. you're so sweet .. I miss you too, I wish I can help setting up the new lab, I hate it that I'm not there, can't see the new place.. and can't see Amy with her nice cute belly ..
anyway, that's life, isn't it? ;) only God knows why it's happening the way it is... of course we can try our best to figure it out.. I have an explanation of course .. but who knows...
anyway, somebody get a camera and take some pics of the lab :D will you? :D:D
thanks..
have a wonderful weekend,
more soon...

pictures

Some pictures .. more coming soon..














and some notes here ..

CA: it's quite different than NC. first of all everybody waters their lawn.. after all the water restriction in NC it seems a huge waste!!! unbelievable.
the weather is getting really nice.. really pleasant autumn, not too warm but still sun shining during the daytime, gets a bit cooler in the evening/night.. perfect.. wish it would stay all year long, but I guess we would have needed to move to Berkeley or even more LA probably.. but Stockton is really nice, I would not change it for anything..
we bought some plants last weekend, so week by week this house starts to look more natural, more lively .. still a lot of small place to fill or fix.. and I'm struggling with the living room, somehow I would want to have a small corner for Reka, a small corner for a desk to webcam/chating and of course the TV and the couch and sofa ... I have an interesting idea, came from Amy's house I've just remembered how they arranged the furnitures there.. so I might try that out..
poppyseed: in NC there was this neat little store in Carborro where you could buy all kind of different/exotic spices, nuts, rices, AND yes, poppyseed at a very reasonable price.. somehow I can't find any store like that here.. :( I've asked Erin, who lives in Berkeley, maybe she can help me.. can't wait for her answer.
Yosemiti: Balint, Reka and my mom left for Yosemiti yesterday (Thursday) at noon and are coming back tomorrow.. so it's just me and Bori :D I love it.. as much as I miss them it's soooo nice to have a calm and quiet house, with Bori.. she's an angel, just sleeps and eats .. yes, cries too .. but only when she's hungry or her tummy hurts..
oke, that's it for now. I'll shoot some photos around the house, so you can get an idea where we are standing... far from finished for sure.

Sept. 12.

Today is Friday, Sept 12 - Bori was suppose to born today.
And today she's 6 weeks old :D
First of all about her: she's doing great. She's over 3kgs now, she was 3.3kg a week ago at the doctor's visit, so she should be around 3.5kgs now, which is over 7lbs. She's eating great, still waking up during the night, but it's not as tiring as I would have imagined .. with Reka I was sleeping through the night from the first month, so I was spoiled back then ;)
she sleeps a lot during the day, but more and more she's looking around, figuring out the world around her. She has big eyes, not sure about the color yet though, it's between blue and grey and maybe a little brownish, we'll see how it changes..
I'll post some pictures today.
We are doing great here in CA. Weather is nice, it was really warm for a bit, but now it's really great: we can go out to the garden in the afternoon to play :D
The past few weeks were quite busy as one can imagine: we had several doctor's visit, Reka got her immunization shots, whatever they don't give in Hungary (but why she didn't get them in NC, I wonder .. anyway).. it was last Friday, and she got 5 shots at the same time .. she was a brave girl!!
Bori had her first doctor's visit, and another well-baby visit 2 weeks after it. Also we went to the ophthalmologist to check on her eyes, cause I was told in Hungary, that I will need to do that, just to be on the safe side, since she was premature born.. everything is fine there too.
I'll have a couple of doctor's visit in the next 2-3 weeks, cause I've realized how much easier with my mom here to be able to babysit Bori and Reka.. so I should get over anything while she's here.
I've found a gym class for Reka: she has soo much energy, and I could see her dancing and "working out" in the house in front of the mirrors .. so we've tried out two different gyms, the first was not bad, but the second one was great, she had such a great time, so I've paid the registration fee and the September tuition right away.. :D I'll try to post some pics and video of her while in the glass a bit later.
She's also started daycare 2 weeks ago (St Luke's catholic preschool) and she likes it quite much. So far she's going 3 days/week half a day, so I'm (or my mom) picking her up after lunch .. but after my parents are gone I'll have her go 4 days a week I think, cause it's doing so much good to her. They had a parents/children/teacher meeting last evening, it was great to see the parents and get to know at least two or three of the parents.
However, the church that has the daycare isn't that nice .. the mass is terrible, the singers are really really out of tune, I could easily sing better, the priest was OK, but last week it was a vietnamise priest, of course I couldn't understand too much .. so we have to find another church, or try out every mass .. but of course I have to look around the kindergardens, to figure out which one will Reka go to .. cause of course if it'll be the St Luke's elementary, then I'll have to participate in church probably.. anyway, this is a whole new part that I'll have to figure out.

ok, I've realised now how much I have to tell you, and with not writing for several weeks, it's a lot, and probably tiring for you guys too to read ;)
so I'll stop now, and write again soon..
about the house, and post some pics as well :D

3 weeks old

Bori is 3 weeks old today. It's still amazing to even think about that she should still be inside me.. and yet, I have this cute little girl sleeping in the house..
We have arrived to CA, without too much problem. Bori was an angel all travel long, she was sleeping and eating. Reka was really good too. Balint was waiting for us at SFO, and after my mom has arrived too, we got back to Stockton around 2am. The house is great, Balint did a really good job finding a proper house. I love it. Stockton is nice too.
I took Bori to the doctor on Wednesday, she's healthy, everything is fine with her.
Anyway, more later, cause I still have a lot to do and unpack here.
I'll take some photos of the house and of Bori as well.
If someone is interested in our address, email me, or call me..
Everyone have a great weekend!

California uberalles uberalles California... tomorrow :D

It's our last day here.. tomorrow off we go to CA :D yeeee, can't wait..
Everything is great with us, Bori is an angel, doesn't cry, just sleeps and eats.. and sometimes nowdays starts to watch/look at things.. She's 2630g today, so it's a good 100g more than we were a week ago. She is really behaving perfectly and ideally, and lets me get the house and the luggages ready for the travel.
Balint got a house for us, and bought furnitures, everything is set there too..
OK, next time from CA... wish us luck for the travel tomorrow, it'll be a long long day with ca. 24-26 hours travel ..

Home

Afternoon nap on the same bed in the guest room. 08/12/08.



Waking up ..08/12/08.



Waking up 08/12/08.



In the postintensive room 08/09/08.



In the postintensive room 08/08/08.



In the postintensive room 08/08/08.



In the postintensive room 08/10/08.



In the postintensive room 08/09/08.



In the postintensive room 08/10/08.



In the postintensive room 08/09/08.



In the postintensive room 08/09/08.




We were released from the hospital yesterday :D:D:D

The weekend went well, Bori was and is eating nicely, gaining weight, so we were actually ready to go home on Saturday, she was healthy and everything was fine. Except there was nobody to write the so called closing report in the PIC since it was weekend and there were only one doctor on call, and she had no time ... great, isn't it? good to know that they keep in mind what's good for the baby.. and obviously it's better to stay at the hospital for 2 more days than to go home, right? ;) brrr... i was at my limit baring the whole hospital feeling...
anyway, but we are home. everything is fine.
Reka, Bori and I sleep in our room, Bori has her own bed thanks to my sister, who bought a traveling bed for themselves, and let us use it for a week, Reka sleeps in my bed. In the daytime Bori sleeps downstairs in the guest room. She eats regularly, around every 3.5 hours, and a good 60mL amount. The rest of the time she sleeps, no awake time yet, but I think it's good for her. She needs to rest and gain weight and get stronger.

I picked Bori's passport up today :D all I have to do is to get her visa now, and everything will be set. It is scheduled for Thursday morning, but I might try to reschedule for tomorrow and then I'll be over with everything by tomorrow afternoon.
We got our ticket set too :D we are traveling on the 19th of August, so from a week from today. We were lucky and my mom can travel from BUD (Budapest) to JFK on the same flight with us. From JFK she has to go on a different route, but it's far much better than flying all by myself with the kids during the whole day..
it's so funny writing down KIDS :D in plural :D
Balint got a house for us, hopefully he'll be moving in on Wednesday, and will be getting some furniture. He's quite good in arranging the things there, so I'm very impressed :D

anyway, that's it for today, again, I'll attach some pictures now..
more later.